Scarce Opportunities: Worst Places For Being Single In Colorado

Colorado has had a confusing history when it comes to whether it’s a great or terrible place for finding love.

For years, Denver was ranked as one of the worst places to date in the entire country. Recently, it ranked as high as 3rd for best places for singles. Somebody, please make this make sense. It’s just about as confusing as dating in the current age we live in.

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However, there are specific places in Colorado where your luck may run a little bit more dry than others, and it all has to do with gender ratios.

As a whole, Colorado has a gender ratio that skews slights towards men at 102.8 men to 100 women. However, there are certain places where these ratios can get all out of whack.

Let’s take a look at which counties in Colorado have the worst gender ratios for both men and women to see where each might have the most trouble finding a partner.

Third Worst Place to Date in Colorado for Men Seeking Women: Lincoln County

Located out on the plains in Eastern Colorado is Lincoln County, who comes in at third on this list. It's a small county, only clocking in 5,467 residents according to a 2010 survey. The county seat is Hugo, and its largest city is Limon.

Lincoln County has a pretty brutal gender ratio when it comes for men seeking women to date. Overall, there are 3,258 men to 2,252 women. That leaves them with a ratio of 145 men to 100 women.

Second Worst Place to Date in Colorado for Men Seeking Women: Bent County

Sitting in the Southeast plains of Colorado is Bent County, which is another small county that only has 5,630 people. It is home to the second largest body of water in the state, John Martin Reservoir.

For men seeking women, they’ve got quite the uphill battle. There are 3,628 men to 2,002 women. That gives them an overall gender ratio of 181 men to 100 women.

Worst Place to Date in Colorado for Men Seeking Women: Crowley County

Finally, the worst place for men seeking women in Colorado is Crowley County. Yet another small county in the Southeast corner of the state, there are 5,832 people in the entire county.

The gender ratio here is brutal for men. There are 231 men to 100 women in the county, which translates to 3,743 men to 1,617 women.

However, there is one caveat to this: the large prison population in the county which may inflate these numbers. Currently, Crowley County has a prison population of 2,682 which counts towards their total population. This gives Crowley the highest incarcerated to non-incarcerated ratio in the entire country.

Maybe with this news, there is hope for love in Crowley afterall. We now are going to take a look at the worst place for women seeking men in Colorado.

Third Worst Place to Date in Colorado for Women Seeking Men: Arapahoe County

Coming in third place for worst place for women seeking men in Colorado is Arapahoe County, which houses Aurora, Englewood, and Centennial. They have a total population of 618,821.

It is with Arapahoe County that we learn Colorado is more forgiving for women seeking men. There are a total of 313,915 women to 304,906 men. The total ratio is 97 men to 100 women, which is far less dramatic than the highest male to female ratios.

Second Worst Place for Women Seeking Men in Colorado: Pueblo County

Pueblo County comes in second for worst place for women seeking men in Colorado.. Pueblo County has a total population 161,875.

Even though it comes in second, it’s not all doom and gloom for the ladies. It also shares a 97 men to 100 women ratio, with 82,077 women to 79,798 men.

Worst Place for Women Seeking Men in Colorado: Ouray County

Coming in first for being the worst is Ouray County, which is a small county on the Western Slope that houses, you guessed it, Ouray. It has a total population of 4,629.

Its population is 4,629 people in total, and it has a gender ratio of 96 men to 100 women. However, given its small population, it doesn’t really mean too much, since there’s 2,357 women compared to 2,272. That means that for women seeking men in Ouray, there’s still plenty of love to go around.

Cities Worth Nothing as Having Unbalanced Gender Ratios: Thornton and Loveland

The two cities with the highest gender ratios in particular are actually mere minutes away from each other: Thornton and Loveland.

Thornton has the highest general women to men ratio with a ration of 96.3 men to 100 women.

On the other hand, Loveland ranks as the city with the highest men to women ratio. Their overall total is 110.5 men to 100 women.